Important Takeaways:
- The 2024 presidential campaign comes to a conclusion today, and it all comes down to the battleground states where the margins are razor thin. Voters across the country are lining up to cast their ballot and election officials are taking extra security precautions to protect them.
- More than 80-million Americans voted early, and this Election Day millions more will cast their ballots with polls showing a tight race to the very end.
- The race between Trump and Harris appears to be a toss-up in seven battleground states. According to the final Emerson College Polling/The Hill, the races are so close they’re a statistical tie.
- Voters in Virginia told CBN News what issues are most important to them.
- “The economy, the economy, the economy,” said one voter. “I vote my wallet.”
- Meanwhile, state officials are beefing up security to keep election workers and polling places safe.
- A vote counting site in Maricopa County, Arizona has added metal detectors, armed guards, surveillance cameras and if necessary, a SWAT team.
- And in the nation’s capital, security fences have been installed in case of violent protests following the election.
- “The FBI is looking at all those threats that come in,” said James Barnacle, Deputy Assistant Director of the Criminal Division.
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